Each year, Cayman Islands GAA sends teams to represent the country in the USGAA Finals in the USA. The Finals consist of the various US regional division championship winners along with teams from Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean and are held at a different location in the USA each year.
The 2024 USGAA Finals are being held from 16th-18th August in San Francisco. In order to play in USGAA matches, all players must be registered with USGAA. Details on how to register with USGAA and for this trip will be posted here and communicated to club members in March/April. To see how our teams got on at the 2023 USGAA Finals held in Denver, have a read below…
Cayman Islands GAA Club win Championship at USGAA Finals in Denver
The Cayman Islands GAA Club’s Gaelic & Hurling National Teams returned to action for the USGAA Finals, which were held this year in Denver on the weekend of 18th-20st August, once again returning with silverware. Similar to last year’s tournament, the Club sent almost 70 players, on 4 teams, to the tournament; a ladies team, ‘A’ & ‘B’ football teams (with the ‘B’ team comprised almost entirely of non-Irish players) and a hurling team.
The weekend proved to be another successful one for the Club, returning with a cup and being just a minute short of winning a second one. The ‘B’ football team won their quarter-final on Friday against Cincinnati by 2-7 to 1-4 and followed that up with a semi-final win against Miltown Gaels of Milwaukee by 2-7 to 1-6 on Saturday. They then won their final on Sunday, in an epic contest after sudden death extra-time, by 1-10 to 1-09 against Atlanta to become the first football team to win a cup for the Club at the USGAA Finals. The lads left literally everything out on the field, with the final going through 3 periods of extra-time with the referee seemingly forgetting penalties are now a thing, and that being their 3rd match of the weekend in 30+ degrees heat at an altitude of 5000 feet. They deservedly will go down in club folklore.
